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English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

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In this lesson you will learn to evaluate the evidence an author presents by asking if an author's claims are sufficient and reasonable. This lesson focuses on the article, "The Little Owls that Live Underground" from http://www.smithsonian.com

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Evaluate an argument by assessing the author's claims and evidence

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

8R8 Trace and evaluate an argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient and recognizing when irrelevant evidence is introduced. (RI&RL)

RI.8.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.